JULY 21, 2015 <\/strong>– LONDON, UK<\/strong>– 40% of Brits use mobile data even when they are at home, with 1 in 4 Brits ‘forced’ to do so because their home WiFi coverage is substandard, according to a poll of 2,000 UK adults commissioned by Global Wireless Solutions (GWS)<\/a> – the mobile network testing company that recently rocked the telecoms industry with its report on in-home mobile network connectivity.<\/p>\n Consumers playing hide-and-seek with their home WiFi<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 in 7 (16%) of respondents to the GWS poll reported that while they are able to connect their mobile devices to their home WiFi networks, the connection speed is so slow that they typically opt to use data from their mobile price plan rather than waiting for their videos, music and web pages to load. 13% of Brits never connect their mobile devices to the home WiFi network, accessing the web through their mobile data exclusively and using WiFi only for their home PC.<\/p>\n The poll suggests that bedrooms are typically the worst rooms in British houses when it comes to WiFi connectivity – as anyone who has struggled to watch Games of Thrones while lying in bed will attest to. Kitchens and living rooms were second and third worst for WiFi access respectively.<\/p>\n These issues have required Brits to become adept at using both their mobile data plan and their home WiFi connection to be able to use mobile devices in all the rooms of their homes.<\/p>\n Figure 1: GWS’ nationwide poll – Activities UK consumers use their mobile data for when at home<\/em><\/p>\n